Our programme of short courses varies by semester. This page will be updated as new courses are announced.
Click the relevant day of the week for each term to find out which short courses usually have classes on each day and whether delivery is online or in-person.
Term one
When browsing the course options for any day in term one, click the course name for further details about the programme. You can also browse the courses for term one by subject area.
Term one courses start from September 2023.
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Chaucer's Pilgrims:Life and Thought in the Middle Ages | Online | 10am-12pm |
| Reading The New Testament: The Book of Revelation | Online | 1.30pm-3.30pm |
| The Call of the Coast: Artists’ Colonies in Britain 1890-1940 | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| The Call of the Coast: Artists’ Colonies in Britain 1890-1940 | Campus | 6pm-8pm |
| Journey to the Stars: An Introductory Astronomy Course with Observational Experience | Campus | 7pm-9pm |
| Writing Novels and Short Stories: Getting Started | Online | 7pm-9pm |
Monday
Tuesday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Piano Playing Through a Study of the Life and Works of Ludwig Van Beethoven | Online | 10am-12pm |
| Going Underground: Subterranean Liverpool, 1715-1973 | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| The Divine Landscape of Ancient Egypt: The Gods and Their Worship (Part 1 of 3) | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| 21st Century Women Writers: The Life Beyond | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Liverpool and the American Civil War | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| How to Understand Art | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| Introduction to Greek Literature | Online | 6pm-8pm |
| A Practical Introduction to Python | Campus | 6pm-8pm |
Wednesday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| A Brush With Life: '10' Liverpool Painters | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| A Pre-Raphaelite Marriage: Exploring the Artistic Partnership of Rossetti and Siddal | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| Exploring Ancient Greek in Translation: Euripides' Medea | Online | 6pm-8pm |
| Scriptwriting for TV and Film with Adam Simpson | Campus | 6pm-8pm |
Thursday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Glass Onions: The Beatles on Film, 1963-2022 | Online | 10.30am-12.30pm |
| Exploring the Supernatural: Ghosts and Gothic Fiction in the 19th and 20th Centuries | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| The Visual Language of Popular Music | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
| PAINT! The Walker Art Gallery and the John Moores Painting Prize 2023 | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
| The People of the Grand Tour | Ness Botanic Gardens | 2pm-4pm |
| An Introduction to Chaucer | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| Philosophy as a Way of Life: A Journey of Self-Discovery | Campus | 6pm-8pm |
| Exploring Latin Epics in Translation: Vergil’s Aeneid | Online | 6pm-8pm |
Friday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| The Monthly Novel: Widows | Campus | 11am-2pm |
| PAINT! The Walker Art Gallery and the John Moores Painting Prize 2023 | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
Saturday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Seasons in the Abyss: A Miscellany of Liverpool Horror | Campus | 10am-4pm |
| One Day Wonders: Writing for Children and Young Adults | Campus | 10am-3pm |
| Popular Music and Advertising | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
| "Oh Yes It Is..." Pantomime in Liverpool, 1850-2023 | Campus | 10am-4pm |
| Shakespeare on the Couch: The Merchant of Venice | Campus | 10am-4pm |
| Ancient Mesopotamia - The Assyrian Empire | Campus | 10am-4pm |
Term two
To give you an idea of potential options in term two, we've compiled a provisional course timetable and indicated whether each course is expected to be available online or in person.
Full details about these courses, including how to enrol, will be available later this year.
Term two courses start from January 2024.
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Religion in the Middle Ages | Online | 10am-12pm |
| Art on the French Riviera | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Going Underground: Subterranean Liverpool, 1715-1973 | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Reading the New Testament: Acts of the Apostles 1-19 | Online | 1.30pm-3.30pm |
| Your Benefits and the Law: An Introduction to Welfare Rights | Online | 6pm-8pm |
| Getting Fiction Finished | Campus | 7pm-8pm |
| Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe: An Astronomy Course for Curious Minds | Campus | 7pm-9pm |
| Writing Novels and Short Stories: Towards the End | Online | 7pm-9pm |
Monday
Tuesday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 21st Century Women Writers: Family | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Futurereal: A Liverpool That Never Was 1854-2021 | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Charles Darwin and Psychology | Campus | 12pm-1pm |
| An Artistic Journey Through Medieval and Renaissance Europe | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| Roman North-West England | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| Reshaping Alexander the Great: Myth, History and Modern Theatrical Adaptations | Online | 6pm-7pm |
| The Alexander Romance: An Introduction to the Ancient Reception of Alexander the Great | Online | 6pm-8pm |
| The divine landscape of ancient Egypt: The gods and their worship (Part 2 of 3) | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Liverpool and the American Civil War | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Art on the French Riviera | Campus | 11am - 1pm |
Wednesday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Titanic: Romancing Disaster 1912-2012 | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Eco-Fiction: Re-imagining Environmental Narratives | Online | 6pm-8pm |
| Ancient Greek I: An Introduction | Online | 6pm-8pm |
| Philosophical Perspectives on Art: What Is It and What Does It Do? | Campus | 6pm-8pm |
Thursday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated Followers of Fashion: Style in Liverpool, 1775-1879 | Online | 10.30am-12.30pm |
| Darwin, Evolution and Psychology: Exploring a Dynamic Relationship | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Reading Victorian Sensation: Exploring Greart Expectations and Lady Audley's Secret | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Exhibitions at Tate Liverpool Revisited | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
| From Mods and Rockers to Rastafarians and New Puritans: Exploring Youth Culture | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
| Animal Life in the Art of the Ancient Classical World | Ness Botanic Gardens | 2pm-4pm |
| Exploring Shakespeare's Sonnets | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| Latin I: An Introduction | Online | 6pm-8pm |
| Philosophy in Movies | Online | 6pm-8pm |
| Bladerunner and Kant - The moral status of synthetic organisms | Campus | 7pm-8pm |
Friday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| The Monthly Novel: Life Stories | Campus | 11am-2pm |
| Exhibitions at Tate Liverpool Revisited | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
Saturday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| One Day Wonders: Writing for Children and Young Adults | Campus | 10am-3pm |
| Shakspeare on the Couch: The Winter's Tale | Campus | 10am-4pm |
| Revisiting the Beatles: Gender, Fashion and Fandom in the 1960s | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
| Come Prepared to Fly: The Art of Yoko Ono | Campus | 1.30pm-4.30pm |
| Writing Ruins: Interdisciplinary Writing and Art Workshop | Capus | 10am-4pm |
Term three
To give you an idea of potential options in term three, we've compiled a provisional course timetable and indicated whether each course is expected to be available online or in person.
Full details about these courses, including how to enrol, will be available in Spring 2024.
Term three courses start from April 2024.
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| The English Reformation 1509-1553 | Online | 10am-12pm |
| Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy | Campus | 10am-3pm |
| Reading the New Testament: Acts of the Apostles 20-28 | Online | 1.30pm-3.30pm |
| Scriptwriting for TV and Film with Adam Simpson | Campus | 6 - 8pm |
| Should We Write Differently for Children? | Campus | 7pm-8pm |
| Writing Worlds into Being | Campus | 7pm-8pm |
| The Wonders of our Solar System: A Journey Through Planetary Landscapes | Campus | 7pm-9pm |
| Writing for Children and Young Adults | Online | 7pm-9pm |
Monday
Tuesday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Bach and Beyond: A Journey into Baroque Music | Online | 10am - 12pm |
| 21st Century Women Writers: "In a Strange Land" | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| The Divine Landscape of Ancient Egypt: The Gods and Their Worship (Part 3 of 3) | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Journey Through Time: Exploring the Enigmatic World of Prehistoric Rock Art | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Schools of Rock: 10 Iconic Liverpool Live Music Venues | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| The Art of Change: Exploring the Art of the Early Modern Period | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| Death and Burial in the Roman World | Campus | 2pm-4pm |
| Ancient Greek History: An Introduction | Online | 6pm-8pm |
Wednesday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| L’Arts Décoratif: Liverpool in the Age of Jazz 1918–39 | Campus | 11am-1pm |
| Is It All In Your Head? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind | Campus | 6pm-8pm |
| Advanced Scriptwriting and Story Solutions with Adam Simpson | Campus | 6 - 8pm |
Thursday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Colours in the Ancient Classical World | Ness Botanic Gardens | 2pm-4pm |
| The Ancient Olympic Games | Ness Botanic Gardens | 2 - 3pm |
Saturday
| Course | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| California Dreaming: A Botanical Odyssey at Ness Botanic Gardens | Ness Botanic Gardens | 10am-1pm |
| Rhododendron Revelations: A Botanical Journey at Ness Botanic Gardens | Ness Botanic Gardens | 10am-1pm |
| Ancient Mesopotamia: The Babylonian Empire | Campus | 10am-4pm |
| Changing of the Light: A Practical Journey through Impressionist Themes | Campus | 10.30am-4.30pm |
| 'Confusions of Confusions": Introducing the first book ever written on stock market investing | Online | 10am - 1pm |
| Go-go Dancing, Femininity and Individualism in the Swinging Sixties | Campus | 1pm-3pm |
| ‘Views of Britain and Wales' Poetry Writing Workshop at Ness Botanical Gardens | Ness Botanic Gardens | 11am-4pm |
Summer school
Further details about our summer school in 2024 will appear here when confirmed.
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